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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Sebastopol, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sebastopol and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Sebastopol:
    • 38.402129, -122.824191
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Sebastopol
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Sonoma County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sonoma County
    • Since Sebastopol is near Marin County and also Napa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Napa County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Sebastopol

Communities Also Named Sebastopol ...

We found nine communities that are also named Sebastopol.

There is one other community in California that is also named Sebastopol.

Beyond California, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • Nevada County
      • This Sebastopol is located in Nevada County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sebastopol that is located in Sonoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nevada County community of Sebastopol.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Burke County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Sebastopol [Burke County].
    • Illinois
      • Madison County
      • This Sebastopol is located in Madison County and lies 1,784 miles [2,871.1 km]<1> to the east of the Sebastopol that is located in Sonoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Sebastopol.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Bernard Parish
      • This Sebastopol is located in Saint Bernard Parish and lies 1,961 miles [3,155.9 km]<1> to the east of the Sebastopol that is located in Sonoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Bernard Parish community of Sebastopol.
    • Mississippi
      • Scott County
      • This Sebastopol is located in Scott County and lies 1,914 miles [3,080.3 km]<1> to the east of the Sebastopol that is located in Sonoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Sebastopol.
    • Ontario
      • This Sebastopol lies 2,195 miles [3,532.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sebastopol that is located in Sonoma County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne County
      • This Sebastopol is located in Luzerne County and lies 2,470 miles [3,975.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sebastopol that is located in Sonoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Sebastopol.
    • Quebec
      • This Sebastopol lies 2,598 miles [4,181.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sebastopol that is located in Sonoma County.
    • Texas
      • Trinity County
      • This Sebastopol is located in Trinity County and lies 1,642 miles [2,642.5 km]<1> to the east of the Sebastopol that is located in Sonoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trinity County community of Sebastopol.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sebastopol ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

How Far From Sebastopol to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Sebastopol to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sebastopol and extending to:

  • Santa Rosa, which is the Seat of Sonoma County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Sebastopol to Sacramento, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,442 miles [3,930 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 139 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,381 miles [11,878.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,147 miles [13,111.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,212 miles [9,997.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sebastopol) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Sebastopol could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Sebastopol to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sebastopol. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4021, Longitude: -122.8242    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.611 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.676 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.417 degrees.